McGuffey's First-[sixth] Eclectic Reader, Volume 6American Book Company, 1921 - Readers |
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Page 96
... Italy , and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed , The next in majesty , in both the last . The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third she joined the other two . NOTE . - The two poets referred ...
... Italy , and England did adorn ; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed , The next in majesty , in both the last . The force of nature could no further go ; To make a third she joined the other two . NOTE . - The two poets referred ...
Page 124
... Italian teacher of music named Piozzi . Her writings are quite numerous ; the best known of her books is the " Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson ; " but nothing she ever wrote is so well known as the " Three Warnings . " THE tree of deepest root ...
... Italian teacher of music named Piozzi . Her writings are quite numerous ; the best known of her books is the " Anecdotes of Dr. Johnson ; " but nothing she ever wrote is so well known as the " Three Warnings . " THE tree of deepest root ...
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... Italy most of the time till her death , which occurred at Florence . She was thoroughly educated in severe and masculine studies , and be- gan to write at a very early age . Her Essay on Mind , " a meta- physical and reflective poem ...
... Italy most of the time till her death , which occurred at Florence . She was thoroughly educated in severe and masculine studies , and be- gan to write at a very early age . Her Essay on Mind , " a meta- physical and reflective poem ...
Page 205
... Italy , where most of his poems were written . The last year of his life was spent in Greece , aiding in her struggle for liberty against the Turks . He died at Missolonghi . As a man , Byron was impetuous , morbid and passionate . He ...
... Italy , where most of his poems were written . The last year of his life was spent in Greece , aiding in her struggle for liberty against the Turks . He died at Missolonghi . As a man , Byron was impetuous , morbid and passionate . He ...
Page 256
... Italy . In the later years of his life , he divided his time between Cincinnati , Philadelphia , and Rome . His complete poetical works fill three volumes . Several of his most stirring poems relate to the Revolutionary War , and to the ...
... Italy . In the later years of his life , he divided his time between Cincinnati , Philadelphia , and Rome . His complete poetical works fill three volumes . Several of his most stirring poems relate to the Revolutionary War , and to the ...
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